1997 Asian PGA Tour

The 1997 Omega Tour was the third season of the Asian PGA Tour, the second men's professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) alongside the long established Asia Golf Circuit.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 1997 Asian PGA Tour schedule.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Country	Prize fund (US$)	Winner	Notes
9 Feb	Asian Honda Classic	Thailand	300,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	^[2]^[3]
30 Mar	Vietnam Open	Vietnam	150,000	Andrew Bonhomme (1)
13 Apr	London Myanmar Open	Myanmar	200,000	Boonchu Ruangkit (4)
20 Apr	DFS Galleria Guam Open	Guam	200,000	Gerry Norquist (3)
27 Apr	Satelindo Indonesia Open	Indonesia	200,000	Craig Parry (1)
18 May	Volvo China Open	China	400,000	Cheng Jun (1)	^[4]
10 Aug	Sabah Masters	Malaysia	200,000	Des Terblanche (1)	^[5]
17 Aug	SingTel Ericsson Singapore Open	Singapore	200,000	Zaw Moe (1)	^[6]
7 Sep	Philip Morris Asian Cup	South Korea	400,000	Park No-seok (1)
14 Sep	Ericsson Asia-Pacific Masters	Indonesia	500,000	Darren Cole (1)	Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
21 Sep	Mild Seven Kuala Lumpur Open	Malaysia	300,000	Charlie Wi (1)
12 Oct	Yokohama Singapore PGA Championship	Singapore	150,000	Prayad Marksaeng (1)
19 Oct	ABN-AMRO Pakistan Masters	Pakistan		Thammanoon Sriroj (3)
26 Oct	Dubai Creek Open	UAE	250,000	Adrian Percey (1)	^[7]
2 Nov	Hero Honda Masters	India	200,000	Ted Purdy (1)	^[8]
9 Nov	Ta-Shee Open	Taiwan	250,000	Wang Ter-chang (1)	^[9]
16 Nov	Volvo Masters of Malaysia	Malaysia	200,000	Christian Pena (1)	^[10]
23 Nov	Lexus Thai International	Thailand	200,000	Prayad Marksaeng (2)	^[11]
30 Nov	Tugu Pratama Indonesian PGA Championship	Indonesia	200,000	Clay Devers (2)
7 Dec	Andersen Consulting Hong Kong Open	China	200,000	Frank Nobilo (1)
14 Dec	Omega PGA Championship	China	500,000	Rodrigo Cuello (1)
20 Dec	Volvo Asian Matchplay	Philippines	250,000	Des Terblanche (2)

^ "Roll of Honour". South China Morning Post. 11 December 1997. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
^ Horn, Robert (6 February 1997). "Woods battles heat, opens with 70 in Thailand tournament". Associated Press. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
^ Diaz, Jaime (17 February 1997). "Thais That Bind: Tiger Woods dad to juggle a slew of demands in the homeland of his mother". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
^ "Cheng powers to a five stroke victory". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 19 May 1997. p. 56(39 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
^ "Terblanche in sudden-death". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 11 August 1997. p. 22(43 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
^ "Unstoppable Moe cruises to title". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 18 August 1997. p. 22(43 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
^ "Percey crowned in Dubai". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 27 October 1997. p. 23(45 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
^ "Purdy wins his first pro title". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 3 November 1997. p. 21(40 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
^ "Love,Toms remain tied..." New Straits Times. Malaysia. 10 November 1997. p. 21(40 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
^ "Pena clinches Masters crown". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 17 November 1997. p. 22(43 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
^ "Shaifubari picks up RM12,000 Prize in Bangkok". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 24 November 1997. p. 23(44 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.

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